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1. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence- John Craig [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...assessment of ecological effects associated with proposed wind farms (Mahinerangi, Taharoa C, Hauāuru Mā Raki, Puketoi and three others that have not yet sought consent), subdivisions, mines, sustainable native forestry, motorways, bridges, reserve designs and various private and public developments. I have acted for Councils, Government Departments, Iwi, NGOs, companies and private citizens. I have also prepared assessments of resource consent applications for Councils. Whil...

2. 2022-02-11 Statement of Evidence of Kerstin Strauss dated 11 February 2022 [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...systems and processes include: 6 (a) Application Form 28 ‘Use of land for residential development’. It is intended that the applicant can fill in the application form themselves, but they will need specialist input as it relates to the design of mitigation measures such as settling ponds, as well as environmental management plans (EMPs). I note that the application form refers to section 9 land use only; however, it requests information in regard to water quality and dis...

3. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 TGKL lay attach 12 ecological compense [pdf, 172 KB]

   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ecological compensation involves remedying or offsetting loss of natural values through the implementation of compensatory action. These actions are determined through the process of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This report defines ecological compensation as: “positive conservation actions required by resource consent and intended to compensate for residual adverse effects of development and resource use”. The Resource Management Act 1991 (RM...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 084 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 570 KB]

   ...ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2022] NZEnvC 84 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN UPPER CLUTHA ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED AND OTHERS (ENV-2018-CHC-56) (and all the appellants allocated to Topic 18) Appellants AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J J M Hassan Environment Commissio...

5. E29 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture JWS [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...of the Resource Management Act 1991 for resource consents for the necessary infrastructure and related activities associated with holding the America’s Cup in Auckland Applicant: Panuku Development Auckland ENV-AKL-2018-000078 Topic: Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Date: 7th August 2018 Meetings held: 26th July 2018 (Environment Court, Federal Street); 30th July 2018 (Simpson Grierson); and Subsequent phone and e-mail correspondence. Conferencing participants: Na...

6. 26.-Evidence-of-Ms-Jo-Healy-Social-Impacts.PDF [PDF, 352 KB]

   ...the lead author of Technical Assessment E: Social Impact (Technical Assessment E) lodged as part of Volume IV of the Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE), which accompanied the application for resource consents and notices of requirement for designations (NoRs) lodged with Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council (Horizons), Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC), Horowhenua District Council (HDC) and Kāpiti Coast District Council (KCDC) in November 2022 in respect of the Ō...

7. E96 Phillip Ware - Contaminated Land & Groundwater - RE – Applicant [pdf, 9 MB]

   ...Ms Jukic. 4.4 Should material need to be sourced from off site and not from a licenced quarry I consider that the flexibility afforded by the revised wording, specifically the term “adequately investigated” provides both an adequate level of environmental protection and a practical pathway for material approval. 4.5 For these reasons I consider the wording change to the Draft RAP requested by Ms Jukic to be appropriate. As such an amended version of the Draft RAP is attached t...

8. Directory of Official Information 2019 D-F [pdf, 695 KB]

   ...and choices made by parents, teachers, managers, trustees and others, at the individual school and early childhood level and at the national level by government policy makers. The Chief Executive of ERO is the Chief Review Officer, who formally designates individual Review Officers to carry out reviews in schools and early childhood centres. The functions and powers of the Chief Review Officer are described in part 28, sections 323–328H of the Education Act 1989. This Act gives the...

9. Directory of Official Information 2019 D-F [pdf, 890 KB]

   ...decisions and choices made by parents, teachers, managers, trustees and others, at the individual school and early childhood level and at the national level by government policy makers. The Chief Executive of ERO is the Chief Review Officer, who formally designates individual Review Officers to carry out reviews in schools and early childhood centres. The functions and powers of the Chief Review Officer are described in part 28, sections 323–328H of the Education Act 1989. This Act g...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 189 Gisborne District Council v China Forestry Group New Zealand Company [pdf, 4.3 MB]

    ...its social licence in Tairāwhiti due to a culture of poor practices – facilitated by GDC’s capitulation to the permissiveness of the regulatory regime – and its under-resourced monitoring and compliance. Together, these factors have caused environmental damage, particularly to land and waterways, and may have put the health and safety of people and their environment at risk. [9] In determining this application, we bear in mind that the Kanuka Forest is just one of the forests in...